Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell is a noted contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Read Britannica's biography of Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, logician, and social reformer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.
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Not many scientists can write lucidly for the lay reader about such matters as the theory of relativity. One who could was the philosopher-logician-mathematician Bertrand Russell. In his long active life, Russell spread scientific and philosophical understanding and offered insightful reflections…
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